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Indian hemp

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Indian hemp
n.
Cannabis.
Indian hemp
Noun
same as hemp
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Noun1.Indian hempIndian hemp - source of e.g. bhang and hashish as well as fiber
Cannabis indica
bhang - a preparation of the leaves and flowers of the hemp plant; much used in India
haschisch, hasheesh, hashish, hash - purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen
cannabis, hemp - any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs
2.Indian hemp - valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation
bimli, bimli hemp, Bombay hemp, Hibiscus cannabinus, kanaf, kenaf, deccan hemp
hibiscus - any plant of the genus Hibiscus
deccan hemp, kenaf - fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus
3.Indian hempIndian hemp - Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints
Apocynum cannabinum, rheumatism weed
dogbane - any of several poisonous perennial plants of the genus Apocynum having acrid milky juice and bell-shaped white or pink flowers and a very bitter root
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